The first cohort of our three cathedrals’ new Honorary Canons for 2019 will be welcomed at Ripon Cathedral on Sunday, with further services to take place at Wakefield and Bradford.
Diocesan Secretary Debbie Child is to become an Honorary Lay Canon at the Ripon service, which takes place at 3.30pm on January 27 and is also when the Diocese’s Director of Education, Richard Noake will be made a Capitular Canon.
Clergy being welcomed to their roles at Ripon are:
Revd Brendan Giblin – Honorary Canon
Revd Veronica James – Honorary Canon
Revd Matthew Peat – Honorary Canon
Revd Penny Yeadon – Honorary Canon
Revd Leslie Newton – Ecumenical Canon
Wakefield Cathedral will install the following people at a special Evensong at 3.30pm on Sunday, February 24:
Revd Sandra Benham – Honorary Canon
Revd Rachel Firth – Honorary Canon
Revd Vaughan Pollard – Honorary Canon
Mrs Jane Evans – Honorary Lay Canon
Mr Irving Warnett – Honorary Lay Canon
Bradford Cathedral will hold the same service of welcome at a date later in the year, when the following clergy will be installed:
Revd Mike Cansdale – Honorary Canon
Revd Kathia Shoesmith – Honorary Canon
Revd Phil Stone – Honorary Canon
Revd Michael Wood – Honorary Canon